2008 Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients

The Wellesley College Alumnae Achievement Award recognizes the following alumnae who have brought honor to themselves and to Wellesley College through their outstanding achievements. The Award is the highest honor given to alumnae for excellence and distinction in their fields of endeavor and has been presented annually since 1970.

 

Ophelia Dahl DS’94
	Ophelia Dahl DS’94 has worked as an advocate for the health and rights of the poor for over twenty years. She is a founding trustee and currently the executive director of Partners in Health, a Boston based non-profit health care organization dedicated to providing the benefits of modern medical science to some of the most impoverished areas of the world. (more)
Mary Rosenthal Lefkowitz ’57
	Mary Rosenthal Lefkowitz ’57 is one of the best known and highly respected classical scholars in this country. More than that, Mary Lefkowitz is a public intellectual of the highest caliber. Dr. Lekfowitz returned to her alma mater in 1959 as an Instructor in Greek. After serving in various other academic ranks, she became the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in Humanities in 1979, which she remained until her retirement in 2005. She received her Ph.D in Classical Philology at Radcliffe College (a.k.a Harvard University) in 1961. (more)
Katherine Marshall ’67
	Katherine Marshall ’67 has worked for more than thirty years on international development, with a focus on issues facing the world’s poorest countries. She is currently a senior fellow at Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs and Visiting Professor in the Department of Government. She is also a senior advisor for the World Bank where she worked from 1971-2006. (more)
Diana Chapman Walsh ’66
	Diana Chapman Walsh ’66 was the twelfth President of Wellesley College, from 1993 to 2007, and the fourth alumna to lead Wellesley. After receiving her degree from Wellesley College she attended Boston University, where she earned an M.S. degree in Journalism in 1971 and a Ph.D. in health policy from the University Professors Program in 1983. (more)